The importance of engagement may seem passé but in reality, it is more important than ever. It continues to be the most desirable tool in the corporate and business community in the second decade of the 21st century.

It doesn’t matter whether your workforce is mostly male or female, young or old, the truth is, if they are not engaged, their productivity and performance are mediocre at best while your profits and sustainability dwindle.

Zappos may have discovered that employees need managers after all, according to writers, J. Brandon Rigoni and Bailey Nelson at the Gallup Business Journal, (February, 2016). The online shoe and clothing retailer’s holacracy management system doesn’t appear to be working. According to a recent New York Times article, (January, 2016), Zappos continues to “hemorrhage employees” as a result of the companywide implementation of holacracy.

“The best places to work are those that foster an inclusive culture – one where differences are celebrated and our people can be themselves and feel at home.” This was recently tweeted by Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.

Branson passionately believes in balance and equality in the workplace because he knows it drives better business performance. At Virgin, they recognize that a culture that brings together a group of people who mirror the ...

Leadership is complex and exponentially evolving. There are many rules but there is no guarantee that they all work or whether one will work in circumstance A but not B. However, you cannot afford to negate the so-called rules of leadership – or can you?

In discussions about the qualities of great leaders, there are three elements that are often overlooked as you determine success in one’s personal life, success in one’s management of others and success in creating a sustainable ...

Here’s something they’ll probably never teach you in business school: The single biggest decision you make in your job — bigger than all of the rest — is who you name manager. When you name the wrong person manager, nothing fixes that bad decision. Not compensation, not benefits — nothing, stated Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO, in Gallup’s 2015 research State of the American Workplace. He further noted that these managers from hell are creating active disengagement, costing the ...